A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSPHER
THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSPHER

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSPHER
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Perhaps Socrates, with a bald pate and long locks of hair falling over his ears, the almond-shaped convex eyes beneath deep, furrowed brows, his lips parted and framed by a thick mustache, the full beard deeply drilled
15¾ in. (40 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 1 June 1995, lot 129

Lot Essay

For related portraits see figs. 456-543 in Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, Vol. 1.

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